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Thread #119322   Message #2753787
Posted By: meself
27-Oct-09 - 02:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Separated by a common language
Subject: RE: BS: Separated by a common language
"And French-French?"

Sure, why not? Although in Canada, we usually use the term "European French" (rather like the apparently-objectionable "British English").

Mandotim (a thousand apologies for misreading and subsequently misspelling your handle - please don't lash me with the cruel whip of your sarcasm again): sorry to inform you of this, but you speak a variant of the original language "from which so many variants have sprung". In fact, it's probably inaccurate to speak of AN original language at all. English has always been, and continues to be, a rich mix of languages, and dialects. Perhaps you speak a dialect that gained some kind of extraordinary status because it was spoken by the rich in a certain part of England. I, and, yes, many of us, do not acknowledge that special status. If you don't like that, to borrow a phrase from your post, I don't care.